Sayings and doings in practices: Enhancing practice-driven institutionalism with insights from the philosophy of embodiment

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Organization Studies Pub Date : 2024-06-22 DOI:10.1177/01708406241266314

Jan Goldenstein, Peter Walgenbach

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Abstract

The practice-driven perspective in organizational institutionalism has proposed that what actors say and do is decisive for the enactment of practices in everyday situations. However, this perspective has predominantly considered the role of doings and has disregarded the distinct role of sayings used in everyday situations. Our theoretical argument proposes the co-constitutive coexistence of sayings and doings in the enactment of practices that explains why and when doings inform specific sayings and why and when sayings prefigure specific doings. Theorizing this coexistence reveals when it is that sayings bolster the reproduction and stabilization of doings, when they contribute to change, and when sayings cannot coordinate doings because actors literally cannot understand one another. We argue that the consideration of the coexistence of sayings and doings is relevant for practice-driven institutionalism, as it enables the differentiation of the situated impact of doings and sayings on the development of practices. To develop this argument, we build on insights from the embodiment perspective within the philosophy of mind (i.e., philosophy of embodiment), which suggests that the body and its sensorimotor states in practices play an instrumental role in cognition and language use.

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实践中的言行：用体现哲学的见解加强实践驱动的制度主义

组织制度主义中的实践驱动视角提出，行动者的言行对日常实践的形成具有决定性作用。然而，这一视角主要考虑的是 "做 "的作用，而忽视了 "说 "在日常情境中的独特作用。我们的理论论证提出了在实践活动中 "说 "与 "做 "的共生共存，从而解释了为什么以及何时 "做 "为特定的 "说 "提供了信息，以及为什么以及何时 "说 "预示了特定的 "做"。对这种共存的理论化揭示了什么情况下说会促进做会的再现和稳定，什么情况下说会促进做会的改变，以及什么情况下说无法协调做会，因为行动者实际上无法相互理解。我们认为，考虑说与做的共存对于实践驱动的制度主义具有重要意义，因为它能够区分做与说对实践发展的影响。为了提出这一论点，我们借鉴了心智哲学（即体现哲学）中的体现视角，该视角认为身体及其在实践活动中的感觉运动状态在认知和语言使用中发挥着工具性作用。

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